Daren Dean Bell, of Crocker, was born on May 8, 1965, at Waynesville, a son of Dean Edward and Alma Jean (Wilcox) Bell and departed this life on Monday morning, May 21, 2018 from the results of a motorcycle accident. Daren had attained the age of 53 years and 13 days.

Daren was united in marriage on March 21, 2012, at Las Vegas to Kim Marie Anderson. Daren was preceded in death by his father, Dean and his grandparents.

Daren was 1983 Crocker High School Graduate and a United States Army veteran. He had accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and was baptized as a young boy. Daren was a member of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association; a lifetime member of the Disabled Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He loved hunting, fishing, Golf, bowling and riding motorcycles. He had worked as a mechanic at TACOM at Fort Leonard Wood. Daren had a contagious smile and a love for everyone.

Those left to mourn the passing of Daren include: his wife, Kimi Bell, Crocker; his mother, Jean Bell, Crocker; his father and mother-in-law, Jerry and Rose Anderson, Land O Lakes, Wisconsin; his daughter, Heather Bell-Steele, Crocker; his son, Jamie Sorenson, Madison, Wisconsin; two brothers, Thomas Stidhams, West Jefferson, North Carolina and Douglas Bell, Jefferson City; three grandsons, Gabriel, Darius and Jason; two nephews, Braeden and Ryhse; and many other relatives and friends.